SKYTRONIC 351.158 User manual

V1.1
DVR
Digitale Video Recorder
User Manual
Gebruiksaanwijzing
Gebrauchsanweisung
351.158

OVERVIEW
NOTES & STATEMENT
The power supply of this DVR is provided through DC12V adapter, please check the power output before
installation and ensure it can meet the requirements;
Do not place the DVR at a place subject to rain and moisture;
Do not install the DVR at a place subject to violent vibration;
Do not install the DVR at a place subject to direct sunlight, and be far away from high temperature environment;
The DVR should be installed in a space without much dust, and the environment should be kept clean and tidy;
The DVR’s back panel should be placed 15cm or more away from other objects or wall for cooling;
The DVR should work under temperature, humidity and voltage according to its technical specifications;
The space where DVR is installed should not be stored with corrosive chemicals that may produce volatile gases to
avoid affecting the DVR’s life;
Proper grounding should be guaranteed during operation;
The DVR shall be installed to ensure proper connection with other devices.
Please buy HDD from official channel to meet DVR’s long time and large data reading and writing requirements.
Statement:
This manual only introduces basic operation.
Products are subject to the real products and this manual is just for reference.
Products update without further notice. Nuances of partial functions are permitted before and after updating.
Please contact the Customer Service Department for the latest program and supplementary instruction files.
This manual is applicable to various models, and the specific operation of each product is not listed here. Users
can operate the DVR based on this manual for the actual products.
We have tried our best to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this manual. However, due to the unstable
environment and other reasons, the real value of some data may differ. If any problem or dispute arises, the
company’s final explanation will prevail.
If carrying out operation not according to the instruction of this manual, the user shall bear the losses sustained.
Introduction :
This product is a consumer-oriented 4-channels CIF/Half-D1/D1 real-time network DVR and adopt the industry's
most advanced SOC technology and standard H.264 encoding method, so that the image quality is higher, network
transmission effect is better and system is more stable; the body is made under stylish appearance design and
sophisticated manufacturing process, the 1U standard chassis is suitable for small-scale monitoring places such as
shop, supermarket, residential, school, hotel, Internet cafe, family and other civilian sites where require more on
video quality, network transmission and real-time playback.
Packaging and accessories :
◎One IR remote controller
◎A pair of remote controller batteries
◎One piece of product certificate
◎One piece of product instruction
◎One piece of SATA hard disk data cable(installed in the host)
◎One DC12V3A power adapter
◎Support HDD(already installed) and a set of mounting screws.
◎One piece of HDD power cable (already installed in the host)
◎One piece of CD.

Main features :
◎Standard H.264 video compression format
◎16-bit true-color semi-transparent graphical menu interface, menu options tip
◎A variety of recording modes: manual, timing, movement and alarm recording
◎Optimized four-channel simultaneous playback (single playback for eight-channel ones)
◎A variety of backup (USB flash drives, mobile hard disk, network)
◎One USB2.0 for data backup, one USB2.0 for the mouse operation
◎Multi-functional operation, recording, playback, monitor, backup and network transmission can be realized at
the same time
◎Dual stream technology
◎Support network to implement multi-screen real-time browsing, parameter setting, copy or playback
◎Support mobile phone monitoring
◎Support event classification and precise time search and playback
◎Defaulted parameter value fast recovery
◎Flexible USB interface for mouse
Features
Description
Operating system
Embedded LINUX OS
Video compression
H.264
Video input
4/8/16 channels BNC
Video output
Support BNC, VGA and HDMI
Audio input/output
Without/1/2/4/8-ch input RCA ;without/1-ch output RCA
(optional)
Alarm input/output
Without/4/8-ch input (optional);without/1-ch output(optional)
Display
1/4/9/16-channels
Multiplex operation
Live, recording, network, ,mobile phone surveillance
simultaneously
Recording mode
Timer/manual/motion detection/alarm
Recording frame rate
PAL：25fps NTSC：30fps
Recording quality
Highest, higher,medium,low,lower,lowest
Recording resolution
CIF/Half-D1/D1 frame rate adjustable
Recording playback
1/4/8 /16 channels playback simultaneously(optional)
Recording backup
Support USB flash drives backup, moved hard disk backup,
network backup, backup by files, backup by time
Action with Alarm
Support
Email alarm
Send pictures to the designated Email
FTP transmission
Support
PTZ control
Support
PTZ protocol
PELCO-D,PELCO-P etc
PIP
Support
Zoom
Support
HDD
Support 1 SATA HDD，capacity to 4T
Network and protocol
1 RJ-45 10/100M via Ethernet，support
TCP/IP、DHCP、DNS、DDNS、UPNP 、NTP etc
IE browser
Support

Client software
Support
CMS
Support
Dual stream
Support（main and secondary interchange）
Group play
Support five users online access
Multi-language
Support
Mobile phone surveillance
Support windows/symbian/iPhone/blackberry/android
operation system
QR code
Support
P2P cloud
Support
DDNS
Support domain name
Mouse interface
USB2.0
Backup interface
USB2.0
Remote controller
Support（Support controller ID matching）
User authority
Support multi-level user authority distribution
Power
DC12V 3A/5A
Working temperature
0℃-50℃
Working humidity
10%－90%
HDD installation
(1)Open the cover of the DVR, fix the HDD into the bracket;.
(2)Connect the HDD data and power cables to the HDD;
(3)Tighten the screws to fix the HDD in the case;
(4)Lock the cover with crews.
Note: Do not plug in or out the HDD when the DVR powered on.
Connection to the camera and monitor
Connecting the signal of camera with a BNC cable to the DVR video input, connect the signal of DVR vide output
with a BNC cable to the monitor (Please refer to the back panel figure). Connect the RS485A (+) and the B (-)
respectively to corresponding DVR interface with wires, if camera is the PTZ which can be controlled.
Note: Please refer to the electric topology in the last page to connect the devices

1. Connect the video cable with the camera.
2. Connect the other end of the cable with the desired input.
3. Connect the adapterplug of the video cable with the splitter cable.
4. Do the same steps for each camera.
5. Connect the output, with the interference suppression, of the splitter cable with the input of the DVR set.
6. Connect the adapter with the input of the splitter cable.
DVR INTRODUCTION

Front panels:

DESCRIPTION
NO
.
Tag
Name
Description
1
MUTE
Disable the sound output
2
INFO
Check the device system
information
3
PIP
Display live images picture in
picture
4
PTZ
Call the PTZ camera
5
PLAY / PAUSE
Compound button play and pause
6
REW
Rewind
7
SEARCH
Search the video file
8
REC
Start or stop the manual record
9
MENU
Enter the main menu(press it
15sec to switch VGA and CVBS
operation menu)
10
ESC
Quit
11
USB
Connect the USB deceives
12
POWER
Power switch button
13
DIRECTION
Move the cursor to
right/left/up/down
14
Enter
Confirm the change(press it 15sec
to restore factory default)
15
IR Receiver
IR remote receiver window
16
STATUS
Indicate the running status

Note: the real production maybe have some difference with this panels below.
REAR PANEL AND PORTS

Ports descriptions：
Note:
1, RS485 A should connect to PTZ data+, B to data-;
2, Recommend connecting the DVR housing to ground (PE cable).
NO.
Name
Description
1
VIDEO IN
BNC connectors for analog video input
2
VIDEO OUT
BNC connector for analog video output
3
AUDIO IN
RCA connectors for analog audio input
4
AUDIO OUT
RCA connector for analog audio output
5
VGA
DB15 for VGA monitor
6
HD-port
To connect the HDMI high definition
monitor(optional)
7
NETWORK
RJ-45 connector for Ethernet
8
RS485
To control the PTZ camera(A > +,B > -,G >
Ground)
9
DC 12V
DC 12V power supply
10
ALARM
Alarm output(On-off switch output)
11
SENSOR
Alarm input(On-off switch input)
12
Ground

The DVR can be controlled with the IR remote control. Ensure the batteries are installed before using.
NO.
Name
Description
1
POWER OFF
Shutdown the DVR
2
ESC
Quit the menu
3
FAST
REWIND
Change the rewind speed
4
SETP
Playback frame by frame
5
PIP
Show video picture in picture
6
RECORD
Start/stop manual record
7
MUTE
Disable the sound
8
NUMBER
Switch the channel
9
MENU
Enter to the menu(press it 15sec to
switch VGA and CVBS operation menu)
10
ENTER
Confirm an item (press it 15sec to
restore factory default)
11
FAST
FORWARD
Change the forward speed
12
PLAY /
PAUSE
Play and pause when playback
13
PTZ
Move the PTZ camera
14
SEARCH
Playback the video
15
ZOOM
Enlarge the channel image
IR REMOTE CONTROL

Tips:The DVR defaulted display mode is VGA, if user use DVR BNC(CVBS) port for output,
please press the front panel "menu" button for about 15s till system switching to BNC display
mode automatically, or use VGA output, to access into the DVR system and adjust the screen
display resolution too CVBS, then user can operate and control the DVR.
the Setup Wizard
1. Connect the DC 12V output plug to power port on the back panel of the DVR;
2. Connect the power supply plug to the outlet;
3. Switch on the Power button, (the “Power” light is on);
4. After system start up, start the setup Wizard;
5. This step you can configure the basic parameters, such as, device name, language, date time ,etc.
6. If the DVR will connect to the Internet via a router, the network parameters should be configured.
7. In the last step, you should format the HDD if you want save the video files.
8. After finished all the steps above and click apply, the DVR will start recording in normal.—End
BASIC OPERATION

System Login
the factory default user name: admin; password: 0000 0000 (eight Zero)
Live View
The green icon: means manual record.
The blue icon:means normal record.
The red icon: means sensor alarm record (“S”means the alarm sensor has been triggered).
The yellow icon : means motion detection alarm record (red human figures means the motion detection function
is on).

Live control bar
Just by one right click the mouse, a control bar will pop up on the screen (as following picture shows):
Main menu: click and enter to the Main Menu;
Split mode: click and select different display mode; it has 1x1,2x2 display mode etc;
PIP: The screen display a main picture, meanwhile, it display a small picture of the others channel at the
bottom, (display picture in picture);
Sequence patrol: enable multi-camera auto sequence in Live View mode;
Digital zoom: enlarge the image in selected single channel;
Sound: adjust or disable the audio output;
PTZ: control the PTZ dome camera; set the preset direction , cruise line and track,
1. Preset point setting: need to move the PTZ camera in setting the preset point, suggest to set 5 or more
direction.
2. Cruise line setting: click “Add”,then you can set the residence time on each preset point. Then the PTZ
will start to cruise
3. Tracking: Click start record, then click the direction key and select the required rotation path. After it
recorded, click Start Track, it will follow the recorded path.

Capture: make a channel screen-shot and save to HDD; and the picture can be search in data retrieval.
REC: start / stop recording manually;
Quickly review: start a playback of the record file.
Click , then left click and hold the mouse button and drag, the live control bar can be drag to any
position.
Playback interface
1- Pause: Pause the displaying recording files
2- Stop: Stop the displaying recording files
3- Playback in frame : playback the files in frame after paused.
4- Fast Forward:display the recording files forward at the speed of X1/4，X1/2 , X1,X2,X4,X8,X16, etc.
5- Fast rewind: display the recording files rewind at the speed of X1/4，X1/2 , X1,X2,X4,X8,X16, etc.
6- Single screen : display by one screen
7- multi-screen: display in multi-screen
8- file type: chose the type of recording file, ie. motion detection, sensor alarm, etc.
9- 10 : chose the previous or next files
11-digital zoom: zoom partly in the selected channel.

12-color: adjust the color of selected channel.
13- snapshot: capture the picture of the selected channel or all channels, which can be found in the image
search.
14- Edit: edit recording files during playback, which can be gotten after saved.
15- save: save the edited recording files.
16-Audio: close or start the voice while playing back.
Main Menu
Click Menu button and enter, it’s including seven function for the DVR: Basic setting,Backup &
Playback, Upgrade & Maintenance, Record & Schedule, Alarm & Schedule, Advanced Setting, and QR &
information.
Basic setting is including 6 options: System, Time, DST，Live, Monitor, and Mask.
System
Click System, as following Picture shows, in this window, user can set up the Device Name, and do Video Format, Password Check,
show System Time, Startup Wizard, Max online Users, Screen Resolution, Language, Auto Logout setting etc.
The following are the Names and definitions:
Device Name: The system name shows in the Client Software or CMS.
Video Format : Two kind of Format: Pal and NTSC. User can select it according to the recorder.
Password Check: When apply this function, the user need to type in the User name and Password to do
system setting operations.
show System Time: To select whether display live Time tamp on screen

Startup Wizard：Click and it will shows the related information of the Wizard.
Max online Users: set up the Max quantity of online user.
Screen Resolution: The resolution of the live view. Optional:
VGA800*600、VGA1024*768、VGA1280*1024 and HDMI（1920*1080）.
Tips:Please connect to relevant Device to control,while switch between the BNC and HDMI
Language: Select the Menu language
Screen Saver (S): User can set the time interval of the screen saver（30s,60s,180s,300s），
If there is no operation ,the system will auto logout and back to login.
Time
In this window,user can set up and adjust the system Date,System Time,Time zone.
The factory default is GMT timezone,Please select the right timezone in the drop-down column(for
example:China GMT+8:00).
Click"Default",the system will restore default setting; Click"Apply",it will save the setting above.
DST
In DST window,select DST,Time offset,Mode,from Month/Week/Date/Time etc.
Click“Default”,the system will restore default setting;Click“Apply”,it will save the setting above .

Live
Click “Live”and enter the setting window like Picture :
Click Channel name, a virtual keyboard will pop up. Click “Shift”, it can switch the input state
between Capital letter and Chinese, user can rename the Channel.
Click and select the channels in Live interface, then click “Setting”, it will enter “Image Adjust”
interface:
User can adjust the Brightness, Hue, Saturation,and Contrast; Click “Default” it will restore
factory default settings. Click “OK”and save the setting above. User can set the same color
parameters to all Channels at once, just by clicking “ALL” ,enter and do the settings. Click
“Default”, system will restore factory default setting; click “Apply”, it will save the setting above.

Image adjust:
Monitor
Display Mode options : Single
SEQ Time (Second): Live view switching interval from channel to next channel

Mask
Mask: User can mask at most three area in live view pictures.
Mask Area Settings: Click “ Setting”, enter live view picture, left click and hold the Mouse button and drag the
mask area, as the picture shows below, Click “ Apply” and save the setting.
Mask Area Setting

To enter the menu press the Menu key.
The default display mode is VGA, when you want to use the BNC output you are able to select it by pressing and
holding the menu button on the remote control for 15 seconds.
Playback
System support Playback By Time, By Even, By File,and Image. Click and enter data retrieval.
By Time
First Step:Click Payback By Time , as following Picture shows:
Second Step: select the Channel and display mode, the highlighting date in calendar means it has record.
Third Step: Select the date you want to playback, click “Search”, elect the start time and click button to start
playback. The selected Time-sheets will shows in blue.
Note: The Rows are Hours , the Columns are Channels.
When the monitor resolution is set to VGA800*600, the time the search interface will show a hide button,
click the button can be expanded.
Open Menu
BACK UP & PLAYBACK